Ludwig Holtmeier, Part 1: Music Theorist, Piano Player, and Rector of the Freiburg Hochshule für Musik
Ludwig Holtmeier has been Rector at the Freiburg Musik Hochschule since October 2017. Before taking the job as Rector, he taught theory at the Hochschule and earlier was a musicologist at the Hans Eisler Musik Hochschule in Berlin. He also taught at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland. In addition, he is an accomplished pianist and theorist, so he has a broad and deep understanding of music and teaching.In Part 1 of our conversation, I ask Professor Holtmeier to discuss some...